<p>I got accepted to both. both will be the same price, and I am undecided in my major from NC. any suggestions?</p>
<p>This comes up from time to time. I think there was even one that involved Michigan before.</p>
<p>In any case, it is impossible to answer, because the answer for one person would clearly be A and for another person B. In other words, it depends so much on what you are looking for in a school. At least with Tulane and Michigan, there are some almost polar opposite characteristics. Not better or worse, just different. Size of school, weather, urban vs. college town, importance of sports (although Tulane is trying to invest a lot in improving theirs), etc. Certainly at both you will find lots of smart students, lots of students that love to party, excellent educational opportunities (although I would say that in general doing research as an undergrad and having meaningful interaction with your prof is more likely at Tulane, if this is important to you), so on and so forth.</p>
<p>Two world class choices, so nice dilemma to have, but you have to decide what aspects of the overall experience are most important to you personally and try to determine which place will best fulfill that. I phrase it that way (overall experience) deliberately, because you shouldn’t think things like weather and sports are too trivial to consider. College is 4 years (usually) where your life is comparatively narrowly focused within a kind of bubble. If you hate snow and cold and pick Michigan, then sure you might get used to it and all but why? Similarly if you really want a place that has big time sports where you might have a realistic chance of being where they might win a national championship in something, then Tulane is probably not the place (although could happen in baseball, almost did a few years back). Again, not that any one of these will tip the scale by themselves. Wish it were that simple. But if you think about all the various things that you think will satisfy you most, even making the old “pro and con” type of list, and once you have it scoped out you let it simmer in your mind for a little while, hopefully a clearer choice will emerge.</p>
<p>This is all assuming, of course, that you have visited both. If not, you should if at all possible. Often this leads to a clear choice for many students. Sometimes a place just seems right.</p>
<p>What are you looking to major in and what sorts of things do you value in a college expereince?</p>